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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-10-25, Page 3POTATO POINTERS, -Some formus plow a furrow ox each side of the row of eotatoes„ leeving a strip of land about a foot wide right where tlie petatoes are. Thie strip they the u dig away with a fork, spade or hoe, and the potatoefi are removed, In caties wilere it le diffieult to follow the rewe from $01110 cause they plow around the entire patch, stopping and Ilieking up the 1 otatoee at the end of each round, ()there plow right down the row, throwing half of the potatoes out the ,first time ,then run another furrow ad throw out tl:e remainder of them. Still others take an ordinary liter and run it down the row, thus throw- 1ng the dirt one-half on each side of the furrow ,This leaves very little dirt lemong the potatoee, an greatly ex- pedites the picking up, which is not so with the ordinary stirring -plow. In all eases of digging, the spike - tooth harrow is run over the patch af- ter plowing, which tune up many potatoie that were covered slightly, and which otherwise might have been overlooked and loet, Besides, this liar, rowing tends to level and fine th.e soil, conserving the moisture, while the al. termite freezing and thawing of the etirred dirt perticlee further proniote Ideal soil conditions. Yield itself le not all that should be striven for in the work of seed im- provement; smoothnese and market quality mean as much to the grower as the yield. The idea is to get the large yielde with the highest market desirability. Little can be done to bring this about, If seed of all shapes and eizee are used for planting. Several farmer's who have been mak- ing e tuber selection when racking their crop in the cellar, saving out the stimoth, medium-sized tubers, having gotten an average yield of 150 barrels per acre for everal years-, or since carrying on this work. There is as much difference in the yield produced from individual tubere aa there is difference in yield in dif- ferent verietie,s. Pick out sniooth tub- ers of good size and shape. Many far- mers fear that if they pick out every Perfeet potato when they are racking their trap it will make those left a lower grade with less place, This Aright be true for the firat year or two, but, if followed, their whole crop will be so much better that, even with ev- ery perfect potato picked out, those sold will be far above what they were raising and selling previous to prac- ticing this selection. RAISING CERTIFIED SEED POTA- TOES. The single tuber method allows one to get seed for the future from the very higheet yielding tubers any var- iety may possess. Professor E. A. Rog- ers, of the Maine Departnaent of Agri- culture, suggeete that all time° who intend to raise certited eeed pota- toes in the future pick out at least 100 smooth, good-sized tubers of the shape most typical of the variety, and plant there by theinseIvece cutting each tu- ber into four Moos, making four hille from each and placing a mark be- tween each four hills, made by each tuber. The difference that he will find in the yield in these individaal tubers will give him a vivid idea.of what he has been losing in the .past. It is doubtful if he would plant the product of one-half of these for any consider- atioa whatever. He will find tubers that give only a yield of a few bushels per acre that are fit for market and would not, un- der any system of fertilization Or cul- vation, net him any profit; and he will find others that will give a yield running at the rate per acre train 600 to 800 bushels. In the experience of Prof. Rogers, the product of a single potato, whether It be cut Into four pieces, making four hills, or a larger number of pieces, is alike in general characteristics. If one portion of the tuber produces an inferior stock, the other pieces of that tuber will be the exact counterpart, no matter into how many pieces it has been cut. On the other hand, if the tuber has that high -yielding capacity, It will show in every hill that is grown from it, whether it 10 four or twenty. The best part of this is that in these experiments not one of the tubers re- verted back into that nonsyielding class the second season, The problem, then, for the potato -grower, is to eliminate those of the small yield and undesirable quality, and get his seed only from those that will give large yields of deeirable marketable tubers. FARM NEWS AND VIEWS. Now is the time to get ready for a big honey crop next spring, Every colony should be headed by a strong, vigorous Italian queen in August or early September. Plenty of room for winter stores and for raising a large Winter cluster ot young bees should be given. Provide plenty of Whiter packing on top, bottom and sides, and pretection from prevailing winds in early autumn, and leave it until May 1. It is best to winter in two full hive bodies with plenty of stores and peck. lng. The beat thne to apply lime for any crop Is to the rough surface of the greund After plowing, so that it may be well mixed with the soil by discing and harrowing. On soils that require heavy applications of liniestone it seems advisable to apread half the amount before plowing and then go seer the ground once or tWice with a 'disc, This diseing will ale° help to place the soil In good condition. Slaked or ground lime le Very belie. tieial ae a top dreissing for lawns, rt UR SOLDIER Wend -whether in training, or al• ready at the'front-needs Zara•Buk. It cannot be equalled for the MallY, small Injuries and ailments incl. I, Aental to a soldier's life. f3erigt. F. Dreinner of the Uhl Canadian Mounted Rides, writes: 1"Fir healing out., sores, blisters,' ste„ Zam.lialt cannot be beaten," 1 r Corp. Presidia of tits 10th Field T"W• fad Zant-gukAmbulanes, Writing from France, itse injttries tat ailvioatt, but we hirroal oaonalt of It." Eva, aolitior okeuld carry a bot • of Zang -link, as nothing ends pain land stops bleeding so quiekly; it inlito proVents blood -poisoning, 500, inli dtaggiabli o Zion,13u14 (Toronto, All Pure Tea Sealed Packets Only 1 ,.........0.4.4.0.0.0.0.0.00 Free from. Dust 1 Never Sold in Bulk LA 11 Black—Mixed—Natural Green. IS 213 can be applied in the fall, winter or early SPring. Lime corrects the acid' ity of the surface soil, and tends to aid in the spread of white clover end blue grase. In fact, these grasses love it well -limed sell. Here le one way to start a balky horse moving which, it is said, 11* quite effective: Take a hammer in the right baud and hold the foot, ground base up, in the left. The driver holds reine ready to drive, and when this stage is set, strike a hard blow with hammer on the frog toward the heel. The blow must be direct and sufficiently strong as to cause the horse to feel a jarring against the sensitive frog. Nine out of every ten balky Items, it is claimed, will immediately respond to the treatraent, and, best of all, will give up their balkiness, The Misenuri Experimental Station has found by investigation that the red •mould in silage is due to a lack of moisture, Very often silage is put away too dry, Moulds develop in much greater abundance where the silage is only slightly moist. The station. does not think that the mould causes death among stock. Do not grow crops in the young orchard, taking everything off and putting nothing back, for the trees will starve. Such practice Is just as sensible as a thief robbing his own house. A PROMINENT CANADIAN Mr. R. S. McLaughlyin, President of the McLaughlin, Motor Company Limited, Oshawa, Ont.; and Dir- ector ot the Dominion Bank, was appointed a director of the Chevrolet Motor Corapany on Oct. 6th, at a meeting held in New York. This Chev- rolet Motor Company is the parent company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in 1915. The capital etock of •this company is $80,- 600,000 and among its assets are the controlling interest in General Mcitore Company. Bight Chevrolet Motor Com- panies in various parte of the United States are owned and operated by the Chevrolet Motor Company of Dela- ware, The Chevrolet Motor Company is one of the strongest and most pow- erful of the motor companies. It is an •interesting fact that while the Chevrolet Motor Company of Can- ada is closely affiliated with the Am- erican Chevrolet Companies, it is own- ed itad operated entirely by ,Oanadian capital and Canadian men. Mr. McLaughlin is to be congratu- lated in his appointment to the Direc- torate of this company. RIGA 1 se+i-+-e-e-e-e-4a•-•-**4-•••••-•-•-•-•-•-•-•••-• Founded by German merchants over seven and a half centuries ago, and with its present popuIatIon, fifty per cent. Teutonic, Riga, the capital of the Russian province of Livonia, a bone of contention during many wars and a town In the famous Hanseatic league, le again in German hands. Russia's army has failed and through its weakness the great country him been deprived ot its third rraost important city -second in importance among the cities of the Battle see, only to Petrograd it- sesf-a city of. thriving Industrial activ- ity, a city of strategio importance, through being the centre of a splendid eystem of waterway and railroad trans- ported -on, a city that is a gateway for the Germane to the Russian capital it- self. But it is not the purpose of this sketch to prophecy the results of the lose 01 Riga to Russia or to bemoan its down- fall. Instead, something about Riga, its locetIon and apearance, its inhale!. tants and its Ihmortance as a city, as Well as a brief history of Its 759 years of turbulent existence -will be told. Along the eastern side of the Baltic sea -that body of water between Se,andi- nava and Russia -lies two gulfs, the Gull of Finland, near the head of which Petrograd is situated, and the Guilt' of Riga, near the head of which Riga is :situated. The Gulf of Riga runs north and pouth, in dimensions seventy by one hundree miles. It is separated Prole the Baltic by a triangular peninsulas which contains the greater part of the Rusiaian province of Courtlatid. Into the southeast corner of the gulf empties the vast Russian River Dvins, Dwina or Duna, as various spelling have it. Sev- en miles up the Dvinat. from the gulf lies leiga. Deepite its proximity to the game Riga is not easily accessible. The Gulf of ettga 14 a shallow arm of tho sea; its deepest part being only, twenty-two fe.- theme. In consequence large vessels are atschored off shore in the gulf or at nearby port of Ilest-Dwinsic. Transpor- tation of the vast freight which used to reach the port before the war was ac- complished by lighters, through the cane alized river, from Test-Dvinsk at the DvIna's mouth, or from another nearby harbor, Muhlgeabes. For about one- third of the year the Gulf of Riga is frozen over, and is inaccessible to ves- sels ot any' sort. Riga has other means of *water com- munication, hoevever, through the sys- tem of Oxalis Suet mentioned. Thee° extend inland so tar as to join the Vol- ga and the Dnieper with the Dvintie through which the Black end Caspian seas may be reached Besides* being the Capital of the Meal/ - Mee of Livenla, Riga le the seatof the governor-general of the aBltio prov- inces, cemprleing Livonia, Estlionia to the north. Petrograd to the • northeast and Oeurland to tho south and West. About 850 miles to the northeast of it lies the city Of Petrograd itself, on tho River Nova, ut the head of the Gulf of Finland. • • US$ Malty other European cities of medieval origite the city of Riga. . has both its anelent and its Medan eactions. Riga beasts of four such parts -one anc- ient and three rnedern The old town itself, the St. Petertberg and Moscow suburbs, are (an the right bank ot tho Dvine; the Mitten stiburb Is in the lett. This touburb is connected With the rest of the city by a bridge of boate, whiela is drawls to one bank during the period When the river is frozen, and by it Via- duct, 820 feet Pang. The bulk of the pepulatlen lives in the three suburbs. Thee() suburbs are largely modern, have broad, wen -kept botileverde Alla contain meet of the mods ern erections in the city. Thee' Were erected on the site of former fortifica- tions and before the war were replally growing. The St. Petersburg suburb was the seat of the German aristocracy and merchant community, representing nearly belt the population, en tee en- virons Of Telga, the village of Dubbeln and the sea-bething resorts et idiot and Maiorenhot breve many mummer visitor's, shinier to Now Yerk'S Oettey 15. land atat IlotlutWeY. The Old tgent itlIl prerierVeti the quaint featuree of the Ilenteetic towns Of North Germany, with which it Wee (Meet 1te streets aro ilarrOW and Winding, in centraist to the breed thoroughfare s Of the MOdern teetteells, In* buildings ere high, IneraY ferattuttle *may orntuasetiiii, and einseier eueerlY desialote en eyeii tweitittoined to Ageism, can styles or architecture. °Due to ;the feet that Riga lime always been a great merchant eitY, Meet of the buildings in tile old town aro stothouses or spaelous granarlea. Cavvernous cellars also fea- ture these old buildings, Despite the Antiquity et the town few ancient buildings in Rega. haVe reinahl- ed during the ravegeo of centuries. But those that are there are deserving of anention. The first obet to catch a visitor's eyes 18 the lofty tower -440 feet high -of kit, Peter's olturele Another church, founded in 1816. The first build- ing of the Dom was burned in 1647. TIM present edifice dates from the latter half of tho sixteenth century, but. It was the thoroughly reetored in 1083. Tine "Dom. kirche" contains one of the largest or - gees in the world. Another building of Interest is the Cas- tle, the seat of the leUssia,n provin- cial government. R was built during the years 1494-1615, by the master 01 the Knights of the Sword or Livonia, Wal- ter von Plettenberg. It Ls a spo.clous building, of impoaing appearance, and luta often been rebuilt, as It was the centre ot much fighting during the clashes between the Teutonic ientghts and the inhabitants of the town. It is the present residence of the governor- general of the province. "The House of the Black Heads" is the ominous title of another imposing structure, It was built in 1330 as a clubheuse for a sort of corporation of foreign merchants. It subsequently be- came a. meeting place for the wealth - ler youth ot the town. Other medieval buildinge of Interest ere the various guild houses erected during the Middle Ages. The ancient market -place, too, la still in use. Of less ancient vintage ege the exchange and the theatre. The modern city of Riga is betters pro- vided with educational and cheritable in- atitutiona than most Russian cities. Its "Polyteehnium," the principal school has over 1,400 students. There is a seminary for priests and a solauel of navigation. There are also the gymnasium schools of Lomonosov and Alexander I. Riga pos- seeses a municipal museum, whicij is not- ed for tho excellence of its art gallery. All of these buildings are of compara- tively recent erection. Other recent buildings are a monument to the German writer, Johann Gottfried von - Herder, who lived in. Riga toward the end of the eighteenth century, and a large blinded, warehouse. Riga, strangely lacks open places, Be- sides the marketplace there only two squares, one of which, facing the citidel, Is adorned with a granite column erect- ed in 1818, to commemorate the defeat of Napoleum when he was marching on Russia in 1312, Tilt) ottser open places frequented by visitors are the esplanade, 'where a Greek cathedral built during the years 1877-84, now stands, the Weinman Park and the Imperial park. Riga is tale seventh city In Russia in population and the third most important commercial city. The 4ast official cen- sus taken twenty years ago, placed the Population of Riga et approximately 282,- 000. Various estimates place the pres- ent population between 350,000 and 500,000. Of the inhabitants, nearly 50 per cont. are Germans, 25 per cent. Ruasians, 23 per cent. Letts and a small adrralx- ture of Esthonians, Jews and other races. Most of the inhabitants are engaged In manufactures or in trading, for which the city is noted. Riga gives its name to an 'archiepis- copal site of the Othodox Greek chureh, and to an episcopal see of the Roman Catholic church. Before the war, it was the headquarters of Rusela's Twentieth atInHayvine°g*bLoon founded by merchants, the city has always had a mercantile bent. Much of its commercial Im- portance before the ever eves due to its location at the centre of great water- way and railroad systems. It is on the Meat inland system of canals connecting with the Dnieper and the Volga, as de - ascribed before, and commands the en- tire waterway trade of those rivers from the Caspian and Black Seas. In ad - elitism, it is the western terminus of the great Russian railevay system, crossing to Zmolenek and dividing into two branches in the lower Voga, regions. It J s the natural outlet for tho vast white forests, and thus handles most of the timber exported from Russia,. It also ex-• ported enermoue quantities of flax and laxeeed, hemp, corn, oats, hicles, tal- oee; tobacco, rugs and eeathers, Besides being an important mercan- tile city, Riga was an important in- dustrial centre. It was it great manu- facturing town, -where much machin- ery, railroad e,at-s, lumber, leather, can- dies, tiles, glass and tobacco products were made. The annual value of its products used to exceed $30,000,000. Riga also dtd considerable importing for the interior of Russia, Including special types of machinery, cotton, coal. and grogeries. All this, hovewer, was before the war. The presence ot Germany's navy at the mouth of the Baltic hes prevented any foreign, trade with Riga., so the city has remained more or less stagnant. Thus Its importance from it military stand. point Is not considerable. The eity of Riga furnishes abundant and interesting material for the his- torian. It was founded in 1158 as a, Otorehouse at the mouth of the Dvina by some merchants from Bremen. About 1190, the Auguatinhan monk Meinbard er- ected a monastery there. In 1199-1201, Bishop Albert I, of Livonia, obtained from Popo Innocent III, permission for German merchants to land at the new settlement. He chose Riga for his seat, exercising his powee over the surround- ing territory iu connection with the Teu- tonic knights. This was one of the - three great Military and religious orders which sprang Prom the Crusaders. As early as the first half of tho thir- teenth century, the young city obtained the right to elect its own magistracy, and enlarged the voile during the time of Albert I. It joined the I-hahseatio league --federation of North German mercantile towns from mutual interests -and front 1263 refused to recognize the rights of its governing ,bishop and knights. In 1420 itw came once more uncler the bishop's rule, He maintained his authority until 1666, when the see was abOlished, due to the prevalence of Lutheranism among the inhabitants of the territory. Ih 1547 Sigistnund II, King of Po- land, took Riga, and in 1658 the Rustlans burned its suburb e and many ships in the river. In 1661, Gotthard Kettler ab- dicated his mastership of the Getter of Teutonic lenights and Riga, together with southern Livonia, became a Polish province. - Throughout tho seventeenth century, Riga, was a ben° of centention between the three then powerful nations of Sweden, Peiand and Russia. In 1621, Guatavue Adolphus, king of Sweden, took Riga from Poland and Russia, Who be- sieged it ine1656. A fire, lie 1674, destroy- ed all recordt ef Polish domination, During the, unrthern war, between in', den end Rimini It was courageously, defended by the Swedee in 1.7e9, but after the battle oe Poltava it succumbed and was taken in July, 1710 by the Ituesiane. In 1701 it was made ky liusela the capi- tal of the Riga vice -royalty. but, afteen years later, when the viceroyalty was abolished, it was made the capital 01 Livonia. en July, 1812, when the ap, poach ot Napoleon was feared the kill- bux•bs were burned. 13ut the Freneli were utopped at Warsaw and Riga wax reseed, Slime then it Lae been in peace, devot- ing iteele to growth along its natural lines of trading ena manufacturing, - Brooklyn "Eisele". OITRIOIM OlIAMEIREONS, Wonderful Bowers of Motion in Their Eyes and Tongues. The enameleou is an African lizard of peculiar form and structure, One feature of the eanieleon la that his neck is so short tliat he cannot turn hie head. To make up for this, now - ever, be has remarkable powers of mo- tion in his large, prominent eyee; they 1110110 independently ot each other and are covered with it mem- brane pierced only by a email hole for the pupils to look through. The chameleon is not covered with scale.. The body is raised by the legs rather higher than most saurians find each- foot has the power ot grasp- ing like a hand, The animal's lungs are very large, ana it has lin unusuel power of inflating itselt with air. The tongue is remarkably extensile. The animal lives upon insects, which it seizes with its tongue, darting at them unerringly while a viscous saliva causes them to adhere to it. Except for their eyes and tongues, the movements of chameleons are slow,. They live on the branches of trees, but lay tiaoir eggs under leaves on the ground. The eggs are large, and the chameleon lays ten or twelve, One of their peculiarities is their great power of fastening, which cou- pleed with their gulping of air in their great lungs, gave rise to the fable ot the ancients that they live on air. Their celebrated power of changing color is not, however, equally fabu- lous. This depende upon the preseace of two differeatly colored layers of Pigment under a transparent skim which may show simultaneously or one at a time or blench DRS. SOPER & WHITE SPECIALISTS Piles, Eczema, Asthma. Catarrh, Pimples, Dyspepsia, epilepsy, Rheumatism, Skin, Kid- ney, Blood! Nerve and Bladder Diseases. Cal! or sand bittory for free advice. Medici:10 futnisi ed is tablet form, flours -40 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 6 pan, Sundays -10 six', tet pAr. Conaullailon Free DRS. SOPER 01 WHITE 25 Toronto St., Toronto, (Dat, Please Mention This PaINor, IMMIOMMOMMIIM MOMMOMIIIIM 1 INSECTICIDES. (BY ]:'rank C. Hare, Poultry Husband- man, Clemson College, S. -C.) The intelligent use of tested para- sitical exterminators is as essential to successful poultry keeping as in- telligent feeding. The reason why so muell more importance is attached to the extermination of parasites on poultry than on domestic animals, is that the parasites affecting poultry, when unmolested, quickly kill their host, whereas the presence of para- sites .= animals, can do no more than worry and annoy them. In order to obtain the maximum ef- ficiency of washes and insecticides applied to the walls and fittings of poultry buildings, it is advisable to use dressed or planed lumber, and. to fit tile boards as closely together as possible. The importance of this ad- vice is apparent, because, if the lum- ber is rough, and there are many open cracks and crevices iit which the par- asites can hide and breed, it is ex- tremely difficult, if not impossible, to eradicate them. The simplest way to overcome such a condition is to cover the walls of the house with resin -sized sheeting, or lightweight plaster board. The interior can then be whitewashed over the paper and an attractive and dependable job results. • THEY DON'T •COME OFF. Here are two recipes for whitewash mixtures that will dry quickly, ad. here strongly to cement, brick or wood, and will not rub off on the clothes. The first is a cement white- wash. Slake tine half bushel of lime with boiling water, adding the water slowly and stirring constantly until a thln paste resulte. A five-foot piece of three-quarter inch iron pipe makes a good utensil for stirring. The lirne will be lumpy 11 the water Is not add- ed freely and the mase is not properly stirred. Now add one-half peck of salt to the lime paste, and stir thor- oughly. Then add water to bring the whitewash to the proper censistency. Throw a good handful of Portland cement in each pail of whitewash, and a teaspoonful of ultramarine blue, Add the cement and the blue powder just before the whitewash is to be used, G 1,40eTwrs Mrt fAADL IN CANADA For making soon. For soften. Ing water. For removing paint. For ellialiffsotlair refrigerators, stoke, 01.f sets. drain, and for SOO other purpvtee. Atri./61; SVLISTITUTIM stir 1» well, otherwise the whitewash will be streaked.. The cement makes the whitewash stick, the bluing eoun- teracts the grayielt color or the ce- ment, and results in a white appear- ance, A brilliant whitewaah in uste by the federal government ie made as fol. lows; Slake one-half bushel of lime with warm water. Cover it during the process to keep in the steam. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve, Add a peck of salt previously well dis- solved in warm water; three pounds of ground rice boiled to a thin paste an,d stirred in boiling hot; half a pound of powdered Spanish Whiting, and a pound of glue that hee been dis- solved over a slow fire. Acid live gal- lons of hot water to the mixture ited stir well. Cover the barrel to protect it from dirt, and let the mixture Maud for a few days. Coloring matter, as Spanish brown, yellow echre, red clay, etc., can be added if desired. The ad- dition of crude carbolic acid, or cre- sol, is not recommended. Such wash. es tend to darken with age and be. come 11133ightly. If you prefer to add a germicide to the whitewash, you will find a combination of lime and sulphur efficacious. The formula for such a wash appears later. HOW TO STRAIN LIQUIDS. These whitewashes can be applied by sprayer or brush. However, when a sprayer is used, it is well to strain the liquid in order to prevent small particles of grit getting into the valves- of the sprayer and interfering witb its proper operation. With thin, smooth whitewash no difficulty will be experienced. A thorough applica- tion of whitewash is an effective way to eradicate mites. Remove the roosts and nests for painting with an insectie cide. Remove the litter. Sweep the walls and whitewash thoroughly. The interior of every poultry house should be whitewashed once or twice a year for sanitary reasons, even if there are no parasites present. Coal tar Is one of the most depend- able insecticides. It is a thick black syrup with an exceedingly penetrating odor, A good louse fumigator can be made by painting the Meade lower half of it barrel with coal tar and placing a Piece of heavy paper en the bottom. One or more fowlare confined in the barrel and the open end is covered with a burlap sack. The fumes of the coal tar suffocate the lice. Th e fum- igation is watehea end the fowls are removed if they appear overcome with the fumes. The lice on the paper are thrown into a pan ot kerosene USE KEROSENE. The usual way of applying coal tar Is to dilute it with kerosene. Add it cupful of cottoneeed oil or melted lard to one gallon of kerosene to increase its covering power, then mix in one pint of coal tar. This insecticide can be strongly recommended for Painting rooste and rocet eupporte. It remaine effective for a month or more, and, at - ter a few applications, the wood is so thoroughly saturated with coal tar that mites will not remain on it. Ap- ply with a brush. ,Cresol, a derivative of coal tar, is probably the beat baee for ineecticides that are to be sprayed around the roosts, dropboards and neet to exter- minate mite's, and under housee and other places for dcetroying the -breed- ing haunts of flew. One part of cresol is fielded to from 20 to 30 parts of water. There are a number of mite paints on The market of similar cont - position that can .be recommended. It le cnly neceesary to dilute eny of these concentrated solutione with water and eliray the affected parts. Another reliable insectieide for use inside of poultry honeee and brood coops is the lime.eulphur wash advo- cated by horticulturists for painting the trunks of fruit trees in winter. It le made in the following way: Shave three pounds of laundry soap and die - solve in three gallons of boiling water. Mix four pounds of sulphur into a paste with water and add it to the soap solution. Slack 20 pounds of lime in hot water estir well, then mix in it the sulphur-eoap eolution. Add water to increaee the mixture to 25 gallons. A.pply with a brush. This makes a snow-white wash that will take the Place of regular whitewash. It will uot rub off. The above ineecticidee are painted or sprayed over the roosting quarters and nests every week in warm weath- er and once a month in winter. TI116 treatment will completely extermin- ate mites, and the louse Ulu that are sometimes found in the South, To get rid of nem, either prevent' the fowls coming in contact with the breeding ground of the fleas, or elee clean out and spray .place, dig up the grouandp thoroughly with a thrall Per cent, crew]. ineecticide. These insecti- cides ehould also be regularly applied to brood etalleei and broodere, and to colony houses, while the developing chicks are ueing these shelters. Once a week le not too often to spray out these houses for the youngsters. Mites; will work greater havoc on young chicks than en nature fowls. ADD TO DRINKING WATER: The meet popular antiseptie tO pre- vent the spread of contagious dieeaees like roup, cahker or Gorehead through it iota S lb. Cartons. let 20.50 aud 10011i. nava has sweetened half a century with the same crystal purity that maim; it the favorite to -day. Buy h in original packages and be iitite of thelenuine. , t!.tie t Recipath Sweeten it." Nadi in one grade only tholligh s 1 the drinking water 16 Petaaiditial per- manganate. A few crystals of this bright, pUrple- colored salt are dissolv- ed in a pint of water to form a dark Purple stock eolution. A little of this eolution is added to the drinking wa- ter for raature fowls or chicks when they have Olds or diarrhoea to toter it pink -the exact shade of color being immaterial, This antleeptic not only prevents the infection of healthy Wait through the drinking water, but It le beneficial in overcoming the ditieaise, •-•-e sesesere••••ereeee Proving Multiplication. The following method, whiela is taught in nearly .all English elemen- tary schooth in Indle, is the quickest way of proving, multiplication, and it will be feund that it is absolutely cor- rect in every vase. Example -Multiply 84,689 by 5,214-- 441,568,446. Add ail the digits of the multiplicand till one dig* :s obtained, Mite: 8x4x6x8x9-35-3x5-8. Do likewise. with the multiplier, thus: 5x 2x I x4-12---lx2-3, Multiply the two restate and add the digits till one digit is obtained: 8x3 -24--2x4-6. Lastly, add the digits of the product tilt one digit is obtained, thus: 4x4x1 x5x6x8x4x6-42--4x2-6, and if the re- sult agrees with the result obtained by adding the digits of the preceding Mime the product is correct. We get 6 in both cases. Hence the product ls correct. -Machinery. The Indoor ind the Outdoor Man. ia the American elegazine, Dean Herman Schneider says: "The characteristics of men are so much on the surface that a keen ana- lyst usually will uncover the correct one in the first interview. They signal the indoor and outdoor type of man. When a blizzard is beating against the house an 'indoor' man likes to hear the roar of the wind because it empha- sizes the coziness of the ingieneelf and heightens his sense of protection. The 'outdoor' man is straightway seiz- ed by a desire to get out and fight the storm. Draw a picture of prospect- ing or construction work, and the sec - end man will lean forward with tense muscles and radiant eyes. The other will draw more and more into himself, itS if for shelter." NEW HEALTH FOR WOMEN The -most fateful years in a wo- man's life are those between forty-five and fifty. Many of the sex enter this period under depressing condi- tions through overwork or worry about the home, or through a condi- tion in which the blood is weak or watery and so they suffer heavily. Among the commonest oymptoens are headaches, feverish flushes, palpitation of the heart, dizziness, backache, de- pression and other well recognized 41Ts- turbances of the health which signal- izes that the blood requires attention. Women urgently need rich, red blood all their lives, but never more so than in middle -life, When the nerves are also weak and overwrought. Now every woman can prove the prompt help afforded to her health by renewing and building up the blood. It is a test that any ailing woman can take by using Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills, for these pills make rich, red blood, which in turn stimulates the appetite, strengthens the nerves and restores full robust health. Thousands of women have found in Dr. Williams' Pink Pills new health and strength and with these a new happiness and interest in life. So if you suffer, avail yourself at once of the splendid home treatment which Dr. Williams' Pink Pills so eas- ily afford, and you will be among those who rejoice in regained health. These pills are sold by all dealers in medicine, or may be had by mail at 50 cents a box or' six boxes for $2.50 by writing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Opt. Chats With the Doctor (By a Physicia.ra) ~MN 11.11t SUMMER DIARRHOEA. Summer diarrhoea is, of course, commonest and most fatal among in- fants, but it occurs ainong adults also, and with serious results if 110 steps are taken to cheek it. In very many cases slight diarrhooea is merely Na- ture's method of getting rid of some unsuitable substance that has been eaten, and where it is of short dura- tion no harm results. But when it lasts day after day something should be done, and the best thing is to take a smart purge, a dose of castor oil or three or four grebes of calomel. This usually gets rid of the irritating mat- ter. Should it not do so, liewoVer, doctor should be consulted. While the diarrhoea lasts tbe diot should be largely farinaceous, composed mainly of such things as rice, sago, tapioca, cornflour and arrowroot. SUNBURN. Sunburn is easier thalf to prevent than to care, though many people pre- fer to risk it rather than to take tho annoying little precautions necessary it it is to be avoided. To people with dark cemplealons and hair, whose skin tans to a pleasant brown color, sun- burn is nearly always becoming and seldom painful, but fair -skinned, lights haired people often suffer great dis- comfort from it. These latter should always Wear broad -brimmed shady hats, should dry the face thoroughly after washing Cr, especially, after sea - bathing and if women, should cover the skin of the face before going out into the sunshine with a protective layer of good pure face cream covered with an equally reliable powder. Beth should be removed at once on Coming indoors out of the sun. Women should wear extra veils, preferably plain ones, as an extra precaution, It is very difficult to remove sunburn once it has appeared, but relief may be obtained. from the burning and tingling of the affected skin by applying old cream fairly thickly over it. TUE DEIVELOPMENT OP THE- BABY There are many factors necessary for the proper development of a young child. If the baby is to develop steadily and soundly all these factors must be present, it must have proper food, proper clothing, proper surrottnd. longs, and proper exercise. bit the ease of a 'quite sniall baby sufficient exer. else is almost assured by the 1iro1n19- 1e11 of ettitable clothing. If the clothes are simple and do not hamper and 1111. pada the movemente of the arms, legs, and bedY, b honith 01114 will lretinc, CUTICURA HEALED VERY ASCALP Burning Kept Her Awake Nights, Hard Lumps Came _!;Then Turned to Scales, "My scal very itchy p--......--„begart by being. and burning awwlalielei nwlogyiltds it was some k wbeotuhledrsocmome.e Flititrret tilliaerrde lumps and when I scratched them they would turn to flaky scales aed dry, "I got no relief untii I k got Cuticura Soap and Ointment. They gave instant relief and in a week I was completely healedi" (Signed) Mrs. Alfred Berthelotte, Ed RiverCrossing, N. B.,February 11, '16. Most skin troubles might be prevented by using Ceticura Soap and Ointment for every -day toilet purposes. For Free Sample Each by Mail ad- dress post -card: tiCuticura, Dept. A, Boston, U. S. A." Sold everywhere, Ammorow •7, tively exercise itself as does a young animal. whilst laying in a cot or cart. Too often, however, we find babies cramped and swathed in au endless series of unnecessary garments, which almost entirely prevent movement. A child dressed in this way can seldona develop well or thrive as it should, It must not be forgotten, too, that even simple clothing is not natural to man, and every opportunity should be seized of allowing the baby to Ile or crawl quite naked for a while in suit- able surroundings -in a warm, well - ventilated room, or on a rug out of doors iu the sun and air acording to the seacson. These exercises for the tiny infant should be supplemented by a certain amount of carrying about by the mother or nurse. In the natural primitive state the baby is carried by the mother almost continuously, and it is clear that the mere mechanical ad- justment of the child's body to the movements of the mother brings the little muscles into action and helps their growth. The proper food for an infant S3 clearly its mother's milk. Where this is unobtainable for any reason a care- fully selected and studied artificial diet must be -used, but these substintiee cannot adequately replace the naturel food supplied by a healthy !nether. The subject of artificial diets for babies is rather too long a ono to go into fully here, but the food should always be freshly prepared, given in scrupulously clean utensils, and its effect on the child's health and groWth must be carefully watched. An ill-nuarished or a flabby, fat, starch -fed child will often succumb to an illness that a vig- orous one would tnrow off in a day or two. The child's surroundings must be alry,,well ventilated, sunny, clean and simple. The furniture and fittings should be strong awl able to bear a lit- tle knocking about. There should be as few breakable or tearables as pos- sible, so that (ho -baby may have all the liberty it needs to investigate its surroundings without causieg trouble. It will always want to handle things, to pull itself about by chairs and sure tains, and climb up table legs, and those histinets should be anticipated and provided for. They arc useful and not harmful. Anyone who has watched it farally of kittens learning balance and acrobatics on the rungs of a chair must have realized how much of the periect suppleness of the grown- up cat was acquired during these baby games. So with us; the play of the baby and the child builds the frarue- work of the healthy man and woman. Big Naval Guns. Firing a big gun on ono of our bat- tleships is a costly proposition. A fourteen inch shell weights 1,400 pounds and coeds $700. A twelve inch shell, already eonsid- ered one of our "smaller" shone costa e6On. Fourteen inch guns throw projec- tiles fourteen or sixteen miles. They will pierce an eleven inch Krupp steel plate at seven miles. Twelve inch guns will shoot juet az far, but will pierce the eleven inch plate only at five miles. When big guns are fired every man on the battleship has to stuff his eats with cotton and touch the deck with hie toes and finger tips, keeping his mouth open, This is to prevent brok- en bones and lost teeth. 0.4.11Mmom In Millinery. Velvet liats have satin faciags. And soft, pretty velours have velvet bands. There are smart sailors, too -these of satin. Burnt Coque feathers edge quite a few chic chapeaux. And if mademoiselle does not care for velvet or satin, there is hatter's plush by way of change. • The Chinese Influence. It is seen in millinery -have you noticed some of the pagoda -like crowns? Some of the loveliest lampshade's imaginable' have panels covered with pieces of Mandarin skirts. To make the new and much-in-evie dente work and fancy bags, clever wo- men are using those squares and pieces Of Chinese enibroidery--the gayer they are the better the madame likes it. Plowers Without Petals. Many showy flowers have no petals, but their places Are taken by the Sepals, as ih the case of the lily and the tulip. Some flowers, so called, have neither that, are showy, but the bright colored parts are merely floral bracts. Bougainvilicas, poinsettias and dogwoods are examples, also the milk white spathe of the calla, emknn.4.4*.o.mileilmarron• ary•men4....1*•••••••,.....6 (DWeti rSeEl t AFDreVialpCrts) "We bave asked her several times to sing, anti she has refused teeh Urea" "i sc.iirle I oefrettshvyollatral';‘)144:1,3 irgt we"; go at.ttwItuty. atiolatur they've mined something,' • THE AMATEUR FARMER. (iLttiriintrili:to thein ieglinao eralsd) hoar ylo,4tlyin 41 1 h In' L'sn ILLY ClOtIMt eatiltal QC eni; lari.dtiti 41. t "wen, don't forget, the importance of 411.2rs'r.'u' et me for that, sir. Br the Wee -er- do Melee things censurrie nnich gasoline?" NIGHT RATES. (Chicago Herald) Wife -The Winer saYs that nitrates ate higher, itub-What do we care? We never teheireph eny w h e, NOT ALL SAD. (Judge) Mande -Marie says thee she has au Pestle lot of friends. Miriam -Yes; but $0/116 of them ere not eo bad, IN THE SPRING. (Cornell "Widow) • "7 MAYsticsk around now," says ties sapling,"but 1 leave in Vie awing' NO FOOLING HIM, (Boston Transcript) Lady -Do you want employment? Sleety Sani-Lady, yer meanie welt, but yer can't make work sound any more Invitin' by using at word of throe syllables. •••—•—•0-4-41.— QUITE DIFFERENT. (Baltimore A.merIcan) "I suppose, like the rest of the food - conservation faddists, you have lived on your war garden all summer." "No; not on at, dear boy -for it." DID HIS BEST. (Boston TrenscrIlpt) "What did you get out of that will case?" asked thts first lawyer. "Ahundred and fifty thousand dol - lax'," replied the sesond lawyer, "Good round sum, elle" "Yes, but 1 thought the old man left more than that." BOTH. (Judge.) He -Somebody has pulled up the beans: She -Oh, John, not both of them? VACATION. (Louisville Courier -Journal.) You look all tuckered out. Where you going for your vacation?" 'Been there." • • A REAL BOOST. (Bufealo Express.) "Does he boost les home town when traveling?" "Yes; he always registers from an- other burg." NO WASTE FOR HIM. (Washington Star.) "Ien't there a good deal of waste In the bone of a sirloin sleek?" "Nut for me," replied the merchant. "I am very careful to sell the bone for as much as the naeat." - -* HAPPILY MARRIED. (Life) Mrs. Quaciti ness-Am yo' daughtah happily rotted, Sistah Sagg? Mrs, Sagg-She shuah am! Bless goodness, site done got a husband dues Fettered to death of her! JUST THE REVERSE. (Judge) "Blinks says he Is looking for it job with e future." "Huh! He's lucky If he has a future with a job." • UP TO DATE. (Louisville Courier -Journal) "Are you a tramp?" "No, mum, I'm a food coneerver. Have you got any old food you don't want wasted?" SURE OF JOSH. (Washington Star) "So your boy, Josh, is in the army?" "Yes," replied Mrs. Corntossel; "and we're mighty proud of him." "Suppose something happens to him?" "Well, we haven't thought much about that. When Josh gets into a mix-up Ise 'most Invariably ain't the one that scneethInse happens to." "He ance." "How?" "Did exactly as she asked him." 4 - 41.- A MYSTERY STORY. (Louisville Courier -Journal.) "This bit of literature hasn't any plot to speak of, but it's got nee guessing." "Detective story, eh?" "Nope; time -table." THE CHUMP. (Buffalo Express.) maperated her beyond endure HER MEAL TICKET. (DetrOIL Free Press.) "You have no children?" said the draft examiner. "No, air." "Can't your wife support herself?" "I think she could sir; but that's what site picked me out to do." JUSTIFIED. (Louisville Courier -Journal,) "Officer, why do you sospeet this motorist?" "Suspicious actions, your honor. He was within the speed limits, sounding his born properly and trying to keep to the right side of the street." WISE NORAH. (Boston Tranecript.) s alistrese-You say you caa't read, Norab. flow in the world did you ever learn tcecook to well? Nev Cooki-Shure, mum, 01 bay it to not belni able to rade Of cook books. ANOTHER HUN BLUNDER, (Baltimore Americah.) Hindenburg (gloomily) -Calling my strateg:t 'Mee by Wegnerlan =nee docen't seem to have done any good. Kaieet (peevishly) -Of rouree it d'dn't. If you wanted to frighten oft the enetny with Wagner, Why didn't You have the reginiertal bands play the music? Whet of the Tidy Ant. No creattne Is more tidy tnan an.ant, who cannot tolerate the presence of dirt On its body, Says a waiter in St, Nicholas. These little ereatures actually uee a number of teal tpilet articles in keeping themselves elean. A well-known authority Says their toi- let artieles consist of coarce And flee toothed melba, hair brushes, gponges, and even *Mates Mid soap. Their eambe, however, aro the genuine arti. de and differ from Ours mainly In that they are fastened to their legs. The ants hove no set Utile for their toilet eperatiOns, but (deanup whene:er they Vie soiled. 1 —THE— Poultry World 1 INSECTICIDES. (BY ]:'rank C. Hare, Poultry Husband- man, Clemson College, S. -C.) The intelligent use of tested para- sitical exterminators is as essential to successful poultry keeping as in- telligent feeding. The reason why so muell more importance is attached to the extermination of parasites on poultry than on domestic animals, is that the parasites affecting poultry, when unmolested, quickly kill their host, whereas the presence of para- sites .= animals, can do no more than worry and annoy them. In order to obtain the maximum ef- ficiency of washes and insecticides applied to the walls and fittings of poultry buildings, it is advisable to use dressed or planed lumber, and. to fit tile boards as closely together as possible. The importance of this ad- vice is apparent, because, if the lum- ber is rough, and there are many open cracks and crevices iit which the par- asites can hide and breed, it is ex- tremely difficult, if not impossible, to eradicate them. The simplest way to overcome such a condition is to cover the walls of the house with resin -sized sheeting, or lightweight plaster board. The interior can then be whitewashed over the paper and an attractive and dependable job results. • THEY DON'T •COME OFF. Here are two recipes for whitewash mixtures that will dry quickly, ad. here strongly to cement, brick or wood, and will not rub off on the clothes. The first is a cement white- wash. Slake tine half bushel of lime with boiling water, adding the water slowly and stirring constantly until a thln paste resulte. A five-foot piece of three-quarter inch iron pipe makes a good utensil for stirring. The lirne will be lumpy 11 the water Is not add- ed freely and the mase is not properly stirred. Now add one-half peck of salt to the lime paste, and stir thor- oughly. Then add water to bring the whitewash to the proper censistency. Throw a good handful of Portland cement in each pail of whitewash, and a teaspoonful of ultramarine blue, Add the cement and the blue powder just before the whitewash is to be used, G 1,40eTwrs Mrt fAADL IN CANADA For making soon. For soften. Ing water. For removing paint. For ellialiffsotlair refrigerators, stoke, 01.f sets. drain, and for SOO other purpvtee. Atri./61; SVLISTITUTIM stir 1» well, otherwise the whitewash will be streaked.. The cement makes the whitewash stick, the bluing eoun- teracts the grayielt color or the ce- ment, and results in a white appear- ance, A brilliant whitewaah in uste by the federal government ie made as fol. lows; Slake one-half bushel of lime with warm water. Cover it during the process to keep in the steam. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve, Add a peck of salt previously well dis- solved in warm water; three pounds of ground rice boiled to a thin paste an,d stirred in boiling hot; half a pound of powdered Spanish Whiting, and a pound of glue that hee been dis- solved over a slow fire. Acid live gal- lons of hot water to the mixture ited stir well. Cover the barrel to protect it from dirt, and let the mixture Maud for a few days. Coloring matter, as Spanish brown, yellow echre, red clay, etc., can be added if desired. The ad- dition of crude carbolic acid, or cre- sol, is not recommended. Such wash. es tend to darken with age and be. come 11133ightly. If you prefer to add a germicide to the whitewash, you will find a combination of lime and sulphur efficacious. The formula for such a wash appears later. HOW TO STRAIN LIQUIDS. These whitewashes can be applied by sprayer or brush. However, when a sprayer is used, it is well to strain the liquid in order to prevent small particles of grit getting into the valves- of the sprayer and interfering witb its proper operation. With thin, smooth whitewash no difficulty will be experienced. A thorough applica- tion of whitewash is an effective way to eradicate mites. Remove the roosts and nests for painting with an insectie cide. Remove the litter. Sweep the walls and whitewash thoroughly. The interior of every poultry house should be whitewashed once or twice a year for sanitary reasons, even if there are no parasites present. Coal tar Is one of the most depend- able insecticides. It is a thick black syrup with an exceedingly penetrating odor, A good louse fumigator can be made by painting the Meade lower half of it barrel with coal tar and placing a Piece of heavy paper en the bottom. One or more fowlare confined in the barrel and the open end is covered with a burlap sack. The fumes of the coal tar suffocate the lice. Th e fum- igation is watehea end the fowls are removed if they appear overcome with the fumes. The lice on the paper are thrown into a pan ot kerosene USE KEROSENE. The usual way of applying coal tar Is to dilute it with kerosene. Add it cupful of cottoneeed oil or melted lard to one gallon of kerosene to increase its covering power, then mix in one pint of coal tar. This insecticide can be strongly recommended for Painting rooste and rocet eupporte. It remaine effective for a month or more, and, at - ter a few applications, the wood is so thoroughly saturated with coal tar that mites will not remain on it. Ap- ply with a brush. ,Cresol, a derivative of coal tar, is probably the beat baee for ineecticides that are to be sprayed around the roosts, dropboards and neet to exter- minate mite's, and under housee and other places for dcetroying the -breed- ing haunts of flew. One part of cresol is fielded to from 20 to 30 parts of water. There are a number of mite paints on The market of similar cont - position that can .be recommended. It le cnly neceesary to dilute eny of these concentrated solutione with water and eliray the affected parts. Another reliable insectieide for use inside of poultry honeee and brood coops is the lime.eulphur wash advo- cated by horticulturists for painting the trunks of fruit trees in winter. It le made in the following way: Shave three pounds of laundry soap and die - solve in three gallons of boiling water. Mix four pounds of sulphur into a paste with water and add it to the soap solution. Slack 20 pounds of lime in hot water estir well, then mix in it the sulphur-eoap eolution. Add water to increaee the mixture to 25 gallons. A.pply with a brush. This makes a snow-white wash that will take the Place of regular whitewash. It will uot rub off. The above ineecticidee are painted or sprayed over the roosting quarters and nests every week in warm weath- er and once a month in winter. TI116 treatment will completely extermin- ate mites, and the louse Ulu that are sometimes found in the South, To get rid of nem, either prevent' the fowls coming in contact with the breeding ground of the fleas, or elee clean out and spray .place, dig up the grouandp thoroughly with a thrall Per cent, crew]. ineecticide. These insecti- cides ehould also be regularly applied to brood etalleei and broodere, and to colony houses, while the developing chicks are ueing these shelters. Once a week le not too often to spray out these houses for the youngsters. Mites; will work greater havoc on young chicks than en nature fowls. ADD TO DRINKING WATER: The meet popular antiseptie tO pre- vent the spread of contagious dieeaees like roup, cahker or Gorehead through it iota S lb. Cartons. let 20.50 aud 10011i. nava has sweetened half a century with the same crystal purity that maim; it the favorite to -day. Buy h in original packages and be iitite of thelenuine. , t!.tie t Recipath Sweeten it." Nadi in one grade only tholligh s 1 the drinking water 16 Petaaiditial per- manganate. A few crystals of this bright, pUrple- colored salt are dissolv- ed in a pint of water to form a dark Purple stock eolution. A little of this eolution is added to the drinking wa- ter for raature fowls or chicks when they have Olds or diarrhoea to toter it pink -the exact shade of color being immaterial, This antleeptic not only prevents the infection of healthy Wait through the drinking water, but It le beneficial in overcoming the ditieaise, •-•-e sesesere••••ereeee Proving Multiplication. The following method, whiela is taught in nearly .all English elemen- tary schooth in Indle, is the quickest way of proving, multiplication, and it will be feund that it is absolutely cor- rect in every vase. Example -Multiply 84,689 by 5,214-- 441,568,446. Add ail the digits of the multiplicand till one dig* :s obtained, Mite: 8x4x6x8x9-35-3x5-8. Do likewise. with the multiplier, thus: 5x 2x I x4-12---lx2-3, Multiply the two restate and add the digits till one digit is obtained: 8x3 -24--2x4-6. Lastly, add the digits of the product tilt one digit is obtained, thus: 4x4x1 x5x6x8x4x6-42--4x2-6, and if the re- sult agrees with the result obtained by adding the digits of the preceding Mime the product is correct. We get 6 in both cases. Hence the product ls correct. -Machinery. The Indoor ind the Outdoor Man. ia the American elegazine, Dean Herman Schneider says: "The characteristics of men are so much on the surface that a keen ana- lyst usually will uncover the correct one in the first interview. They signal the indoor and outdoor type of man. When a blizzard is beating against the house an 'indoor' man likes to hear the roar of the wind because it empha- sizes the coziness of the ingieneelf and heightens his sense of protection. The 'outdoor' man is straightway seiz- ed by a desire to get out and fight the storm. Draw a picture of prospect- ing or construction work, and the sec - end man will lean forward with tense muscles and radiant eyes. The other will draw more and more into himself, itS if for shelter." NEW HEALTH FOR WOMEN The -most fateful years in a wo- man's life are those between forty-five and fifty. Many of the sex enter this period under depressing condi- tions through overwork or worry about the home, or through a condi- tion in which the blood is weak or watery and so they suffer heavily. Among the commonest oymptoens are headaches, feverish flushes, palpitation of the heart, dizziness, backache, de- pression and other well recognized 41Ts- turbances of the health which signal- izes that the blood requires attention. Women urgently need rich, red blood all their lives, but never more so than in middle -life, When the nerves are also weak and overwrought. Now every woman can prove the prompt help afforded to her health by renewing and building up the blood. It is a test that any ailing woman can take by using Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills, for these pills make rich, red blood, which in turn stimulates the appetite, strengthens the nerves and restores full robust health. Thousands of women have found in Dr. Williams' Pink Pills new health and strength and with these a new happiness and interest in life. So if you suffer, avail yourself at once of the splendid home treatment which Dr. Williams' Pink Pills so eas- ily afford, and you will be among those who rejoice in regained health. These pills are sold by all dealers in medicine, or may be had by mail at 50 cents a box or' six boxes for $2.50 by writing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Opt. Chats With the Doctor (By a Physicia.ra) ~MN 11.11t SUMMER DIARRHOEA. Summer diarrhoea is, of course, commonest and most fatal among in- fants, but it occurs ainong adults also, and with serious results if 110 steps are taken to cheek it. In very many cases slight diarrhooea is merely Na- ture's method of getting rid of some unsuitable substance that has been eaten, and where it is of short dura- tion no harm results. But when it lasts day after day something should be done, and the best thing is to take a smart purge, a dose of castor oil or three or four grebes of calomel. This usually gets rid of the irritating mat- ter. Should it not do so, liewoVer, doctor should be consulted. While the diarrhoea lasts tbe diot should be largely farinaceous, composed mainly of such things as rice, sago, tapioca, cornflour and arrowroot. SUNBURN. Sunburn is easier thalf to prevent than to care, though many people pre- fer to risk it rather than to take tho annoying little precautions necessary it it is to be avoided. To people with dark cemplealons and hair, whose skin tans to a pleasant brown color, sun- burn is nearly always becoming and seldom painful, but fair -skinned, lights haired people often suffer great dis- comfort from it. These latter should always Wear broad -brimmed shady hats, should dry the face thoroughly after washing Cr, especially, after sea - bathing and if women, should cover the skin of the face before going out into the sunshine with a protective layer of good pure face cream covered with an equally reliable powder. Beth should be removed at once on Coming indoors out of the sun. Women should wear extra veils, preferably plain ones, as an extra precaution, It is very difficult to remove sunburn once it has appeared, but relief may be obtained. from the burning and tingling of the affected skin by applying old cream fairly thickly over it. TUE DEIVELOPMENT OP THE- BABY There are many factors necessary for the proper development of a young child. If the baby is to develop steadily and soundly all these factors must be present, it must have proper food, proper clothing, proper surrottnd. longs, and proper exercise. bit the ease of a 'quite sniall baby sufficient exer. else is almost assured by the 1iro1n19- 1e11 of ettitable clothing. If the clothes are simple and do not hamper and 1111. pada the movemente of the arms, legs, and bedY, b honith 01114 will lretinc, CUTICURA HEALED VERY ASCALP Burning Kept Her Awake Nights, Hard Lumps Came _!;Then Turned to Scales, "My scal very itchy p--......--„begart by being. and burning awwlalielei nwlogyiltds it was some k wbeotuhledrsocmome.e Flititrret tilliaerrde lumps and when I scratched them they would turn to flaky scales aed dry, "I got no relief untii I k got Cuticura Soap and Ointment. They gave instant relief and in a week I was completely healedi" (Signed) Mrs. Alfred Berthelotte, Ed RiverCrossing, N. B.,February 11, '16. Most skin troubles might be prevented by using Ceticura Soap and Ointment for every -day toilet purposes. For Free Sample Each by Mail ad- dress post -card: tiCuticura, Dept. A, Boston, U. S. A." Sold everywhere, Ammorow •7, tively exercise itself as does a young animal. whilst laying in a cot or cart. Too often, however, we find babies cramped and swathed in au endless series of unnecessary garments, which almost entirely prevent movement. A child dressed in this way can seldona develop well or thrive as it should, It must not be forgotten, too, that even simple clothing is not natural to man, and every opportunity should be seized of allowing the baby to Ile or crawl quite naked for a while in suit- able surroundings -in a warm, well - ventilated room, or on a rug out of doors iu the sun and air acording to the seacson. These exercises for the tiny infant should be supplemented by a certain amount of carrying about by the mother or nurse. In the natural primitive state the baby is carried by the mother almost continuously, and it is clear that the mere mechanical ad- justment of the child's body to the movements of the mother brings the little muscles into action and helps their growth. The proper food for an infant S3 clearly its mother's milk. Where this is unobtainable for any reason a care- fully selected and studied artificial diet must be -used, but these substintiee cannot adequately replace the naturel food supplied by a healthy !nether. The subject of artificial diets for babies is rather too long a ono to go into fully here, but the food should always be freshly prepared, given in scrupulously clean utensils, and its effect on the child's health and groWth must be carefully watched. An ill-nuarished or a flabby, fat, starch -fed child will often succumb to an illness that a vig- orous one would tnrow off in a day or two. The child's surroundings must be alry,,well ventilated, sunny, clean and simple. The furniture and fittings should be strong awl able to bear a lit- tle knocking about. There should be as few breakable or tearables as pos- sible, so that (ho -baby may have all the liberty it needs to investigate its surroundings without causieg trouble. It will always want to handle things, to pull itself about by chairs and sure tains, and climb up table legs, and those histinets should be anticipated and provided for. They arc useful and not harmful. Anyone who has watched it farally of kittens learning balance and acrobatics on the rungs of a chair must have realized how much of the periect suppleness of the grown- up cat was acquired during these baby games. So with us; the play of the baby and the child builds the frarue- work of the healthy man and woman. Big Naval Guns. Firing a big gun on ono of our bat- tleships is a costly proposition. A fourteen inch shell weights 1,400 pounds and coeds $700. A twelve inch shell, already eonsid- ered one of our "smaller" shone costa e6On. Fourteen inch guns throw projec- tiles fourteen or sixteen miles. They will pierce an eleven inch Krupp steel plate at seven miles. Twelve inch guns will shoot juet az far, but will pierce the eleven inch plate only at five miles. When big guns are fired every man on the battleship has to stuff his eats with cotton and touch the deck with hie toes and finger tips, keeping his mouth open, This is to prevent brok- en bones and lost teeth. 0.4.11Mmom In Millinery. Velvet liats have satin faciags. And soft, pretty velours have velvet bands. There are smart sailors, too -these of satin. Burnt Coque feathers edge quite a few chic chapeaux. And if mademoiselle does not care for velvet or satin, there is hatter's plush by way of change. • The Chinese Influence. It is seen in millinery -have you noticed some of the pagoda -like crowns? Some of the loveliest lampshade's imaginable' have panels covered with pieces of Mandarin skirts. To make the new and much-in-evie dente work and fancy bags, clever wo- men are using those squares and pieces Of Chinese enibroidery--the gayer they are the better the madame likes it. Plowers Without Petals. Many showy flowers have no petals, but their places Are taken by the Sepals, as ih the case of the lily and the tulip. Some flowers, so called, have neither that, are showy, but the bright colored parts are merely floral bracts. Bougainvilicas, poinsettias and dogwoods are examples, also the milk white spathe of the calla, emknn.4.4*.o.mileilmarron• ary•men4....1*•••••••,.....6 (DWeti rSeEl t AFDreVialpCrts) "We bave asked her several times to sing, anti she has refused teeh Urea" "i sc.iirle I oefrettshvyollatral';‘)144:1,3 irgt we"; go at.ttwItuty. atiolatur they've mined something,' • THE AMATEUR FARMER. (iLttiriintrili:to thein ieglinao eralsd) hoar ylo,4tlyin 41 1 h In' L'sn ILLY ClOtIMt eatiltal QC eni; lari.dtiti 41. t "wen, don't forget, the importance of 411.2rs'r.'u' et me for that, sir. Br the Wee -er- do Melee things censurrie nnich gasoline?" NIGHT RATES. (Chicago Herald) Wife -The Winer saYs that nitrates ate higher, itub-What do we care? We never teheireph eny w h e, NOT ALL SAD. (Judge) Mande -Marie says thee she has au Pestle lot of friends. Miriam -Yes; but $0/116 of them ere not eo bad, IN THE SPRING. (Cornell "Widow) • "7 MAYsticsk around now," says ties sapling,"but 1 leave in Vie awing' NO FOOLING HIM, (Boston Transcript) Lady -Do you want employment? Sleety Sani-Lady, yer meanie welt, but yer can't make work sound any more Invitin' by using at word of throe syllables. •••—•—•0-4-41.— QUITE DIFFERENT. (Baltimore A.merIcan) "I suppose, like the rest of the food - conservation faddists, you have lived on your war garden all summer." "No; not on at, dear boy -for it." DID HIS BEST. (Boston TrenscrIlpt) "What did you get out of that will case?" asked thts first lawyer. "Ahundred and fifty thousand dol - lax'," replied the sesond lawyer, "Good round sum, elle" "Yes, but 1 thought the old man left more than that." BOTH. (Judge.) He -Somebody has pulled up the beans: She -Oh, John, not both of them? VACATION. (Louisville Courier -Journal.) You look all tuckered out. Where you going for your vacation?" 'Been there." • • A REAL BOOST. (Bufealo Express.) "Does he boost les home town when traveling?" "Yes; he always registers from an- other burg." NO WASTE FOR HIM. (Washington Star.) "Ien't there a good deal of waste In the bone of a sirloin sleek?" "Nut for me," replied the merchant. "I am very careful to sell the bone for as much as the naeat." - -* HAPPILY MARRIED. (Life) Mrs. Quaciti ness-Am yo' daughtah happily rotted, Sistah Sagg? Mrs, Sagg-She shuah am! Bless goodness, site done got a husband dues Fettered to death of her! JUST THE REVERSE. (Judge) "Blinks says he Is looking for it job with e future." "Huh! He's lucky If he has a future with a job." • UP TO DATE. (Louisville Courier -Journal) "Are you a tramp?" "No, mum, I'm a food coneerver. Have you got any old food you don't want wasted?" SURE OF JOSH. (Washington Star) "So your boy, Josh, is in the army?" "Yes," replied Mrs. Corntossel; "and we're mighty proud of him." "Suppose something happens to him?" "Well, we haven't thought much about that. When Josh gets into a mix-up Ise 'most Invariably ain't the one that scneethInse happens to." "He ance." "How?" "Did exactly as she asked him." 4 - 41.- A MYSTERY STORY. (Louisville Courier -Journal.) "This bit of literature hasn't any plot to speak of, but it's got nee guessing." "Detective story, eh?" "Nope; time -table." THE CHUMP. (Buffalo Express.) maperated her beyond endure HER MEAL TICKET. (DetrOIL Free Press.) "You have no children?" said the draft examiner. "No, air." "Can't your wife support herself?" "I think she could sir; but that's what site picked me out to do." JUSTIFIED. (Louisville Courier -Journal,) "Officer, why do you sospeet this motorist?" "Suspicious actions, your honor. He was within the speed limits, sounding his born properly and trying to keep to the right side of the street." WISE NORAH. (Boston Tranecript.) s alistrese-You say you caa't read, Norab. flow in the world did you ever learn tcecook to well? Nev Cooki-Shure, mum, 01 bay it to not belni able to rade Of cook books. ANOTHER HUN BLUNDER, (Baltimore Americah.) Hindenburg (gloomily) -Calling my strateg:t 'Mee by Wegnerlan =nee docen't seem to have done any good. Kaieet (peevishly) -Of rouree it d'dn't. If you wanted to frighten oft the enetny with Wagner, Why didn't You have the reginiertal bands play the music? Whet of the Tidy Ant. No creattne Is more tidy tnan an.ant, who cannot tolerate the presence of dirt On its body, Says a waiter in St, Nicholas. These little ereatures actually uee a number of teal tpilet articles in keeping themselves elean. A well-known authority Says their toi- let artieles consist of coarce And flee toothed melba, hair brushes, gponges, and even *Mates Mid soap. Their eambe, however, aro the genuine arti. de and differ from Ours mainly In that they are fastened to their legs. The ants hove no set Utile for their toilet eperatiOns, but (deanup whene:er they Vie soiled.